Least developed countries: UN classification | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. Development relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets. Limitations and exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.
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The World Bank
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Least developed countries: UN classification
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Least developed countries: UN classification | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
1960 10.57250846
1961 10.26238422
1962 9.70722743
1963 7.75080122
1964 7.60684126
1965 7.72862119
1966 7.69235841
1967 7.60375098
1968 7.36148409
1969 8.45904861
1970 7.52056597
1971 10.4229646
1972 9.17885311
1973 9.83619284
1974 10.61914916
1975 9.19107475
1976 9.74651906
1977 11.40326124
1978 9.10610842
1979 9.14444976
1980 9.47291129
1981 9.20060093
1982 10.0686202
1983 8.37102692
1984 9.88897785
1985 9.123663
1986 8.53463817
1987 9.24485357
1988 10.07168029
1989 9.87294738
1990 9.35348381
1991 9.90374066
1992 11.22355554
1993 11.86169286
1994 12.4394063
1995 12.23006762
1996 13.27757895
1997 13.59071791
1998 13.0211748
1999 13.98054186
2000 18.47901199
2001 18.57699057
2002 18.38336681
2003 19.42993627
2004 19.04248738
2005 21.49963775
2006 21.10064824
2007 25.28014039
2008 24.98321105
2009 27.56475704
2010 27.50148129
2011 27.57018071
2012 26.90435761
2013 26.301471
2014 29.14437533
2015 29.55518256
2016 32.2898283
2017 30.97339825
2018 31.37267005
2019 31.32409098
2020 31.92164894
2021
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Least developed countries: UN classification | Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. Development relevance: Although global integration has increased, low- and middle-income economies still face trade barriers when accessing other markets. Limitations and exceptions: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete. But trade flows between many low- and middle-income economies - particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa - are not well recorded, and the value of trade among low- and middle-income economies may be understated.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Least developed countries: UN classification
Records
63
Source